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BULLET RIDDLED. A vehicle owned by Mayor Vic Samama of Datu Piang, Maguindanao had bullet marks after the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) outpost near his home was attacked by still unidentified gunmen on Friday (Jan. 7, 2022). The mayor believes the attack was politically motivated. (Photos from Bandera TV) DATU PIANG, Maguindanao - Mayor Victor Samama here believes he was the target of the series of harassments, which included a strafing and grenade explosion, that hit this town on two separate occasions. "These could be the handiwork of my political opponents," Samama told reporters here Monday. A member of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) manning a coronavirus disease 2019 control point in Barangay Poblacion was injured when gunmen strafed his location last Friday night. The mayor said the BPAT detachment, which was near his home, was attacked by gunmen on Friday with the bullets hitting his vehicle parked nearby. On Saturday night, he said a rifle gr
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GONE. Sangguniang Bayan member Bai Diana Mantawil Mokalid of Datu Piang, Maguindanao, who is running for vice mayor, collapsed on her way to file her candidacy, and eventually died before reaching the hospital on Thursday (Oct. 7, 2021). She was rushed to a hospital in Midsayap, North Cotabato but was declared dead on arrival by doctors. (Image from Mokalid's FB page) COTABATO CITY - A vice mayoral aspirant in Maguindanao on her way Thursday to the Commission on Elections office (Comelec) in Datu Piang town has collapsed and eventually died before reaching a hospital. Mayor Victor Samama said last-termer Sangguniang Bayan member Bai Diana Mantawil Mokalid was on her way to the mayor's house for an assembly before going to the Comelec office to file their certificates of candidacy when she died around 11 a.m. A video posted by a relative showed the 67-year-old Mokalid was walking with other candidates heading to the mayor's residence when she fell and collapsed. Her supporte